obtunded

American  

[ob-tuhn-did] / ɒbˈtʌn dɪd /

adjective

1. Medicine/Medical. characterized by diminished responsiveness to stimuli, often due to a state of reduced consciousness.

   Transporting trauma patients to the hospital in a supine position may not be the safest approach in obtunded patients with unprotected airways.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of obtund.

Etymology

Origin of obtunded

obtund ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

In paralysis of sensation, the reflexes of coughing, vomiturition and vomiting are obtunded.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

The malaise, headache, obtunded hearing, mental depression, high fever, coated tongue, tender belly, diarrhoea, are symptoms to be observed in both affections.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In men of genius the moral sense is sometimes obtunded, if not altogether absent.

From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by Weir, James

While the special senses are in partial action, the sense of pain is obtunded, and in many cases completely annulled, consciousness and general sensibility being preserved.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

Often at his desk there, his mind became strangely obtunded and he babbled vapidly; his big face pinched up till it seemed lean and grey, and he pitched forward, face down, upon the desk.

From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)